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Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. He is one of 3 Olympic athletes who won 4 gold medals in a single event (the others being Al Oerter and Michael Phelps).